Limerick's Life

Limerick's Life

Limerick's Life was founded in 2004 as a website to highlight the history and folklore of Limerick City, Ireland.

Limerick - My Kind of Town

Limerick - My Kind of Town

A Homage to Cannock's Clock

A Homage to Cannock's Clock

JFK in Limerick City 1963

JFK in Limerick City 1963

Limerick Flood Feb 2014

Limerick Flood Feb 2014

Limerick City in 1934

Limerick City in 1934

Fishing in Plassey 1949

Fishing in Plassey 1949

Train Station to Davis Street

Train Station to Davis Street

Drive through Limerick in 2012

Drive through Limerick in 2012

St. Bridget's Graveyard

St. Bridget's Graveyard

Limerick Singalong in 1992

Limerick Singalong in 1992

Abbey Area, Limerick in 1992

Abbey Area, Limerick in 1992

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  • @Carol-mamaw
    @Carol-mamaw4 күн бұрын

    I HAVE great great grandparents that were born here

  • @peterpower6397
    @peterpower6397Ай бұрын

    Worked in Limerick 81,82 , Wonderful memories, maybye will go back again.

  • @user-yo6bx2gn7d
    @user-yo6bx2gn7dАй бұрын

    Limerick did clean up it's act

  • @jamescarroll4341
    @jamescarroll4341Ай бұрын

    Tony also was a great musician with his brother John

  • @jamescarroll4341
    @jamescarroll4341Ай бұрын

    Great job

  • @pumpkinflipper5751
    @pumpkinflipper5751Ай бұрын

    John 3:16

  • @Avenuedogs
    @Avenuedogs4 ай бұрын

    Very enjoyable and interesting. Thanks.

  • @eringobreathtiocfaidharla1446
    @eringobreathtiocfaidharla14464 ай бұрын

    This is now the actual main door of the absolute hotel,mad to think

  • @eringobreathtiocfaidharla1446
    @eringobreathtiocfaidharla14464 ай бұрын

    Brill

  • @michaelmessenger82
    @michaelmessenger826 ай бұрын

    Where can one find the names and history of Limericks Jewish community.

  • @LimericksLife
    @LimericksLife5 ай бұрын

    Hi Michael, this is a good resource for that information from the Limerick Library www.limerickcity.ie/Library/LocalStudies/LocalStudiesFiles/J/JewsofLimerick/

  • @tonimcnamara2806
    @tonimcnamara28066 ай бұрын

    Download civil records free for ireland

  • @noelryan6341
    @noelryan63417 ай бұрын

    Sharon, another excellent 'short' tour of old Limerick. During the 'Siege', St Ruth declared the walls were so poor they could be breached with roasted apples! But, the gallant women of Limerick drove off any attackers foolish enough to deign enter a breach with such ferocity & effectiveness that the earned a reputation for both beauty & ferocity!🗽🦸‍♀🦸‍♀🦸‍♀👊✊🤛🗽

  • @noelryan6341
    @noelryan63418 ай бұрын

    Wow! 👏Thanks for uploading and sharing this incredible short home made film & music. I feel that I know that spot on the banks of the River Shannon. It's on the opposite side (note the ruined Norman Tower when they paddle in the boat) opposite where the University of Limerick now spreads out on the former 'Plassey House' (named after 'Plassey' in India, where the owner had served as Vice-Roy in Colonial days). The family of a friend of mine had one of those 🎣🛶'Fisherman's Huts' (Leasehold) where we stayed mid-1960's for a weekend of adventure.

  • @symeon5518
    @symeon55188 ай бұрын

    i want to come as part of the erasmus exchange programm. Living in Limerick seems like an incredible experience so i hope to be accepted

  • @noelryan6341
    @noelryan63418 ай бұрын

    When we were kids in school 1960's and History as taught was boring, one of the jokes we had, double entendre, was 'There's no future (career opportunities) in History' 😅

  • @noelryan6341
    @noelryan63418 ай бұрын

    My late mother's family origins were in the Meelick/Parteen district. She had a grandmother 'Nan Halloran', which makes me 🤔wonder if there was a connection to 🩺Sylvester's family, as Caherdavin was 'in the country' on the Clare side of the Shannon back then.

  • @LimericksLife
    @LimericksLife5 ай бұрын

    There could easily be a connection, if my memory serves Sylvester came from a large family

  • @noelryan6341
    @noelryan63415 ай бұрын

    I love your research & walking tour histories, as it's been 45 years since I emigrated to the Antipodes. Also, Dr Paul O'Brien's research. 👏🙏@@LimericksLife

  • @noelryan6341
    @noelryan63418 ай бұрын

    👏Another fantastic doco on enlightened, visionary personalities of bygone years in Limerick. FYI, a 'Locke' Hospital was specifically intended for the treatment of venereal diseases. Toxic 'mercury' was a standard, but pernicious treatment modality. A case of 'the cure was worse than the disease'!😱😵‍💫☠

  • @noelryan6341
    @noelryan63418 ай бұрын

    Great summary of some of Limerick's innovations & achievements since the late-eighteenth century. Proof of 'St Munchin's Curse' - having been cast out by the twin centrifugal forces of 1970's Economics & Politics to the far flung Antipodes, it's a source of great satisfaction to observe the many benefits of the development of a vibrant, diverse tertiary education & media environment in Limerick. My own humble involvement in the Limerick Student University Project Committee (Junior group of Limerick University Project Committee) in Secondary School during the late-1960's has clearly yielded a rich harvest.

  • @robertryan2542
    @robertryan254211 ай бұрын

    Very good research. ☘️

  • @LimericksLife
    @LimericksLife9 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @robertryan2542
    @robertryan254211 ай бұрын

    Mighty stuff. Thank you ☘️

  • @LimericksLife
    @LimericksLife9 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @robertryan2542
    @robertryan254211 ай бұрын

    A very informative video. Thank you. ☘️

  • @LimericksLife
    @LimericksLife9 ай бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @noelryan6341
    @noelryan63418 ай бұрын

    Living in OZ since 1978, I've missed out on so much of Limerick's flourishing. Having only just come upon your wonderful series, I'm learning (& relearning) a lot about my home city. I say to ppl 'a day I don't learn something new, is a wasted day'. 👏@@LimericksLife

  • @robertryan2542
    @robertryan254211 ай бұрын

    Excellent video. Thank you. From Limerick ☘️

  • @LimericksLife
    @LimericksLife9 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @pinchevulpes
    @pinchevulpes Жыл бұрын

    This woman is beautiful

  • @lisagalvin6505
    @lisagalvin6505 Жыл бұрын

    Lovely video of river

  • @eringobreathtiocfaidharla1446
    @eringobreathtiocfaidharla1446 Жыл бұрын

    Very good

  • @johnprice7303
    @johnprice7303 Жыл бұрын

    Away back in the 1970's I worked as an apprentice electrician on the construction of one of the Reynolds Brothers 'Ballrooms's. It was called the "Jetland " and was constructed near a football ground. I daresay that it is no longer a Ballroom, but I wonder if the structure still stands?

  • @LimericksLife
    @LimericksLife9 ай бұрын

    There is now a shopping centre where the Jetland once stood

  • @anngreenslade2260
    @anngreenslade2260 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful

  • @hotquebec
    @hotquebec Жыл бұрын

    This is very interesting and well presented,thank you.

  • @LimericksLife
    @LimericksLife9 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @bigwalla
    @bigwalla Жыл бұрын

    Took me the curragowers to recognise clancy strand

  • @eddieomahony507
    @eddieomahony507 Жыл бұрын

    I don't see weston

  • @joeoconnor5400
    @joeoconnor5400 Жыл бұрын

    Limerick forever!

  • @brendadwane1418
    @brendadwane1418 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for taking the time to point out all these search tips ❤️

  • @brendadwane1418
    @brendadwane1418 Жыл бұрын

    Searching by county of origin, by street and with a wildcard will help me find out more about the Dwanes. I know my great-aunts were Sisters of Mercy in Limerick by 1911

  • @LimericksLife
    @LimericksLife9 ай бұрын

    Glad to hear it helped

  • @kengamble-pf6lg
    @kengamble-pf6lg5 ай бұрын

    Cavan town. Name Johnstone

  • @kengamble-pf6lg
    @kengamble-pf6lg5 ай бұрын

    Cavan town. Name Johnstone

  • @LCL2024
    @LCL2024 Жыл бұрын

    I live in Limerick!!!

  • @Success4u247
    @Success4u247 Жыл бұрын

    Could you please do a history of sarsfield barricks

  • @LimericksLife
    @LimericksLife Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the idea, I'll look into that

  • @vaunmalone3064
    @vaunmalone3064 Жыл бұрын

    Don't know why it took this long for me to discover your outstanding videos Sharon! @Limerick's Life

  • @LimericksLife
    @LimericksLife Жыл бұрын

    Glad you are enjoying them. I must put together some new ones at some point in the future.

  • @ronanoboyle8432
    @ronanoboyle8432 Жыл бұрын

    It's quite a modern speech.

  • @conradryan1654
    @conradryan1654 Жыл бұрын

    I from Limerick City and always love looking on any footage and very much intrested in the history of the city ,there's been lots of changes over the years and most of the old buildings are changed .

  • @Success4u247
    @Success4u247 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks. Very interesting and very well presented. Your are a natural communicator

  • @fivetwoeight528
    @fivetwoeight528 Жыл бұрын

    Great snippets of history

  • @ericfreeman273
    @ericfreeman273 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing bud

  • @polombiatravels9553
    @polombiatravels9553 Жыл бұрын

    ...and now kzread.info/dash/bejne/aIyWo7uzfqrJgLQ.html

  • @The_Gallowglass
    @The_Gallowglass2 жыл бұрын

    I'd really like to go there and to some key places like Ardagh and Herbertstown for the 1867 fenian risings and the place where my family comes from. Love from Chicago. ☘ A lot of the families from there came tot he same place together. Clancy, McNamara, Hickey, Slattery, et al.

  • @SomewhereInIndiana1816
    @SomewhereInIndiana18162 жыл бұрын

    great video! so interesting 😊👍

  • @sycamore1955
    @sycamore19552 жыл бұрын

    It's not necessary to complete the box with your first and last name when accessing the site, just enter a number, single letter or symbol and that will suffice, saves a lot of time.

  • @LimericksLife
    @LimericksLife Жыл бұрын

    That is an excellent tip. I am surprised they haven't figured out a log in system, so we don't have to go through that each time.

  • @anthonyhogan2008
    @anthonyhogan20082 жыл бұрын

    Find old. tenament. Housing. Mary. Street

  • @emilyxxh23
    @emilyxxh232 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @breasofthetuathadedanann6884
    @breasofthetuathadedanann68842 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting, I lived near Johnsgate a few moons ago

  • @duanedurkan3565
    @duanedurkan35652 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful footage. Makes you proud to be Irish. I'm proud of all the 32 Counties in our Country because they're all full of beautiful scenery and beautiful people. I love Ireland.

  • @DIEGOGSAGASTEGUI
    @DIEGOGSAGASTEGUI2 жыл бұрын

    🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽👌👌🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

  • @breasofthetuathadedanann6884
    @breasofthetuathadedanann68842 жыл бұрын

    My grandmother worked there and used to send my grandfather tins of milk while he was fighting in Flanders’s, one time as a surprise she sent a couple of tins filled with his favourite drink, Irish whiskey, he did not know the tins contained whiskey and he gave away his tins to two of his comrades…

  • @finnisawesome7852
    @finnisawesome78522 жыл бұрын

    My mom said that lots of people don’t know about our country because it’s so small

  • @nousername1888
    @nousername18882 жыл бұрын

    Ireland is a well known country